Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Cross- Country FRONT ROW: Williams, Fournier, Keefe, VanTighem I. SECOND ROW: Dickens, Carpenter, Smith I, Hou, Jackson III. Duncan, Stewart II THIRD ROW: Walton, Mr. Crabb. BACK ROW: McCulloch, DavJes, Hall-Brooks, Baiz I, Boyd. Like every other sport, Senior Scliool Cross-Country had to ad- just to the effects of the eman- cipation of the Footballers. It took time for students, stunned and confused by their new freedom, to percolate and settle into appropriate activities. We lost a few strong bodies to more glamorous sports, but also gained some determined harriers. Apart from the usual training sessions, and trips over difficult terrain, the highlights of the season were the two big inter- school meets, one at Brock University, and the other, the second I.S.A.A. Championship held here at Appleby. The Brock Invitational is always very tough competition against large schools. Our U17 team placed 6th out of 11 and the U20 team, with Peter Taylor making a distinguished guest appearance with the harriers, placed 6th out of 9 in a tense race. For the I.S.A.A. Championship at Appleby, the traditional Senior School course was abandoned and a longer, more challenging, course substituted. Seven schools took part. Only three fielded teams in every event. Ap- pleby came third, overall.

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Seconds FRONT ROW: Etherington. Jackson II, Gudewill, Kell, Burke I. CENTRE ROW: Mah ood I. McLaughlin, Bloemen I, Kacan, Large, Mr. Day. BACK ROW: Wood I. Looking back on the debut of soccer as an official School Sport in the Senior School at Ap- pleby, one cannot help admitting that it got off to a stupendous start. At the second team level, we had great spirit and enthusiasm for a game that was new to many of us, despite the stiff competition which we were up against. Most of the schools in the I.S.A.A. league had had several years of previous experience behind them, whereas this, for Appleby, was a first. Choosing the team of eleven players sometimes proved dif- ficult with the wide ranges of age, ability and size within the group of twenty-four players, who faithfully turned out for practice each day. However, we tried to give as many of them, as possible, a place on the team at one time or another, as they all could be counted on to go their best lick. We played a total of ten games, winning 3, tying 3, and losing 4. The two leading scorers were Al Keil and Stu McLaughlin, at inside right and left positions. They were fed by the wings - Nick Jackson on the right, and Ross Large on the left. The half- back line, consisting of Chris Wood, at centre, flanked by Dave Kacan and Des Burke, was indeed the backbone of the team. They could be counted on to rein force the defense as well as assist the forwards, by scoring the odd goal for them. Behind them, we had our fearless defen- seman, Rob Strudwick, Paul Etherington and myself. Steve Roloff and Peter Bloemen provided our last line of defense, as goalies, stopping many breakaways. Chris Bramall and Brad Mahfood were our backups, as some players were going to be going up to the Northern Campus, and others were injured during the course of the season. The relatively low scores in many of our games indicated that perhaps our main weakness was the lack of accuracy in shooting on the forward line. This, hopefully will come with practice in future years. Lastly, the team would like to thank Mr. Day for his unfailing patience, both as a coach, and as a referee. We look forward to another successful season with him next year. G. Gudewill

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The following students (in alphabetical order) took part in the Cross-Country Running Programme during the 1975 season; Baiz I; Davies; Duncan I; Fournier; Hall-Brooks; Hou; Jackson II; Kingsley; Smith I; Taylor I; Thompson I; Van Tighem I; Walton and Williams. M.F.C. - C :-